Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chookish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chook-ish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"'Most mist-ish, indeed. You perceived my true essence. Would you describe my thoughts as uniform? At one? Eh?' 'I guess so. Uniformly... chookish.'"
"One thing that interests me is the clucking, chookish reaction of so many of my friends."
"I was exquisitely aware of the irises' bluish purple corolla and the yellow markings like tongues of flame; of the smell of the ginger cake I'd just baked, the cool air, the morning light, the chookish utterances in the backyard."

Etymology

From chook + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chook

Inflected Forms

more chookish (comparative) most chookish (superlative)

Questions

What does chookish mean?: Chickenlike.
Where does chookish come from?: From chook + -ish.

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